The most commonly used and shared file types accounted for 70 per cent of the total number of spear phishing email attachments during the monitored time period. The main file types were: .RTF (38 per cent), .XLS (15 per cent), and .ZIP (13 per cent).

The most highly targeted industries are government and activist groups.

Three in four of the targeted victims email addresses are easily found through Web searches or using common email address formats.